RRI Sports Club – Handball

Romanian teams lost in Champions League matches last week.

Florin Orban, 04.11.2015, 13:24

Last week brought about poor results for Romanian womens handball. Both teams playing the main group phase of Champions League lost. In Group A on Friday, HCM Baia Mare lost on home turf to group leader Rostov Don of Russia, 22 to 20. The visiting side had the lead almost for the entire game, with the exception of the beginning of the first half, when the score was 3-all. Halfway through the second half, HCM managed to make it 16-all. The moment that tipped the balance in favour of Rostov Don was when Valentina Ardean-Elisei got a red booking for a rough tackle on Ana Sen.

After the win in Baia Mare, Rostov remains the group leader with 6 points in two matches. Larvik of Norway ranks second with 4 points, followed by HCM Baia Mare with 2 points and Krim Ljubljana with zero points. HCM Baia Mares next fixture is scheduled on November 7, when it play Rostov Don away from home.

On Sunday, in Group D, CSM Bucharest lost to Buducnost Podgorica of Montenegro, the defending European champions, 28-22 at home. Romanian Cristina Neagu was the top scorer for Buducnost with 9 goals, alongside former Oltchim player Katarina Bulatovic with 7 goals.

Buducnost dominated the first half, having secured a 4 goal lead before half time. CSM Bucharest managed to even odds shortly into the second half, with four consecutive goals, and the scoreboard read 15-all on 37 minutes. The team from Montenegro picked up their game to win 28-22 at full time.

Buducnost is leader of Group D with 6 points, followed by CSM Bucharest with 4 points, Savehof of Sweden with 2 points and Lublin of Poland with zero points. The upcoming fixture will pit CSM Bucharest against Buducnost on November 8 in Podgorica.